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  1. v. transitive To discover or expose as fake, insincere, or inaccurate.
  2. v. transitive, cricket To put a batsman out by catching the batted ball before it touches the ground.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act

Examples

  • “Dad, how’re you doing?” she asked and tried to keep the catch out of her throat.”

    Shiver

  • “It went slowly and precisely, Nerva being Nerva — he did, by the way, evolve an excellent system to catch out slaves claiming to be Italian who were not Italian, by quizzing them in Oscan and local geography of our peninsula.”

    The First Man in Rome

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. detect
  1. observe
  1. discover
  1. notice
  1. find

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. sand-table
  2. find
  3. fish
  4. flapdragon
  1. field
  2. cleek
  3. grizzly
  4. balloon
  1. dory
  2. pick
  3. fielder
  4. gotcha
  1. hail
  2. catch
  3. old-field colt
  4. snap
  1. wicket keeper
  2. catcher
  3. fumble
  4. sight
  1. spot
  2. swell
  3. trip-catch
  4. tuberculosis

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